Reposted by Daniel FreedAnthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 2hLighthouses of the BC South Coast. Cool. mapped.earth/lighthouses/... 823454
Reposted by Daniel FreedTruthout @truthout.org · 9hA recent disclosure of Amazon’s internal “employee relations” documents reveals just how extreme Amazon’s methods of warehouse surveillance and control have become.truthout.orgAmazon Is Deploying AI to Spy on Its Workers and Bust Unions Before They FormInternal company documents obtained by a Canadian labor board show how Amazon is tracking workers’ every move. 87662
Reposted by Daniel FreedJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 17hThey quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 106100042444
Reposted by Daniel FreedSam @samd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026should be instructive for democrats that Magyar is living up to his promise to prosecute Orban officials for corruption and is continuing to poll extremely highly 231613444
Reposted by Daniel FreedMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again. 850292898518
Reposted by Daniel FreedAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS 272135372847
Reposted by Daniel FreedChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Measuringe the value of educacioun by returne on ynvestment onlye ys lyke measuringe the value of a garden by the weight of the floweres 7410116
Reposted by Daniel FreedImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026I will vote to send myself out to sea on a barge before I vote for Rahm Emmanuel. Please be serious. 441260135
Reposted by Daniel FreedKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants. 20752341418
Reposted by Daniel FreedDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/09/20262/2 Some glorious spare flowers hanging from a blue ribbon. By Carstian Luyckx of Antwerp. 1354
Reposted by Daniel FreedR. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It really is that time of year ... 1813956
Reposted by Daniel FreedMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Fascism Doesn’t Always Arrive by Force. Sometimes It Comes as Law" A visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam showed me how changes in the law were used by the Nazis to push their agenda. It’s a warning from history we must heed before it's too late. @kimwehle.bsky.social for Zeteo:zeteo.comFascism Doesn’t Always Arrive by Force. Sometimes It Comes as LawA visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam showed me how changes in the law were used by the Nazis to push their agenda. It’s a warning from history we must heed before it’s too late. 311526509
Reposted by Daniel FreedDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 28/09/2026With regard to the overt and jaw-dropping use of public money to manufacture and broadcast Trump politicals ads, I'm just spitballing here, but maybe, perhaps, if the U.S. Supreme Court didn't give the president blanket immunity from prosecution for crimes he wouldn't feel so comfortable criming. 341477291
Reposted by Daniel FreedCharlotte Canning @cmcanning.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Re-upping! www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...insidehighered.comTrust Isn’t the Issue (opinion)What we actually have is a crisis of truth. 0306
Reposted by Daniel FreedThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/09/2026‘Let’s tell the truth’: Smithsonian head given standing ovation as he hits back at Trump attackstheguardian.com‘Let’s tell the truth’: Smithsonian head given standing ovation as he hits back at Trump attacksOutgoing secretary Lonnie Bunch rejects claims the institution is unpatriotic, telling audience ‘You cannot understand all without illuminating the dark corners’ 6521175
Daniel Freed @dan-occ-light.bsky.social · 25/09/2026For Marina Vlady, 1938-2026. Here in one of my favorites, Godard’s _2 or 3 Things I Know About Her_ (1967). 010
Reposted by Daniel FreedRobert Heinze @rheinze.myatproto.social · 25/09/2026Gysi hat recht. Ich verstehe absolut nicht, wieso grad Linke, denen Antisemitismus zu Recht ein wichtiges Thema ist, nicht verstehen, dass wir aktuell in einer Situation sind, in der der Fokus auf linken Antisemitismus eine Erlaubnisstruktur schafft, den eigenen frei auszuleben. 0346
Reposted by Daniel FreedFarran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For the Criterion Current, I wrote about the 1948–1951 trilogy of U.K. anthology movies based on W. Somerset Maugham short stories: QUARTET, TRIO and ENCORE. All three are on the Criterion Channel. I enjoyed them so much I spent all summer reading Maugham stories. www.criterion.com/current/post... 1310729
Reposted by Daniel FreedThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Thinking of John Coltrane on his 100th anniversary. Am small-a, non-militant atheist (I disbelieve in gods rather than one in particular). But am least atheistic, or wish I was not atheistic, listening to A Love Supreme. More than even Bach, this for me is most profoundly moving religious music. 912013
Reposted by Daniel FreedNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“The Secret Lives of Subways: In a new exhibition, Christopher Payne documents the hidden parts of the city’s transit system.” — www.curbed.com/article/chri...curbed.comThe Secret Lives of SubwaysIn a new exhibition, Christopher Payne documents the hidden parts of the city’s transit system. 2579
Reposted by Daniel FreedTruthout @truthout.org · 22/09/2026A U.S. senator has called on foreign leaders to impose sanctions on President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as they wage a campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court. It is extraordinary for such a call to come from a sitting member of congress.truthout.orgSenator Says European Nations Must Sanction Trump, Rubio Before US Wrecks ICCSen. Chris Van Hollen said that Trump and Rubio’s attacks on the ICC seek to obstruct investigations into Netanyahu. 511057
Reposted by Daniel Freed#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 22/09/2026*AIs truck over a few warheads from San Diego to Yosemite, and they trigger a colossal supervolcano eruption that reduces mankind to about 80,000 naked savages #isthishardtoimagine #no #professionalSFwriter 4173
Reposted by Daniel FreedScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Utah GOP Sen John Curtis is asking Senate Judiciary to investigate Donald Trump Jr's relationship with Omar Kremlëv following a ProPublica story subsequently confirmed by other outlets and by Trump himself that Kremlëv, a figure close tp Putin, paid for his wedding celebration. 57134
Reposted by Daniel FreedQuinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 21/09/2026Perhaps the best piece I've read yet on this emergent politics ⬇️ 110334
Reposted by Daniel FreedAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Denmark confirms that NATO (European forces) will be the main defence force for Greenland. Arctic defence will continue to be under NATO command. US role unclear, reports from early 2026 indicate US forces lack the equipment and expertise to operate effectively in Arctic conditions. 26871272
Reposted by Daniel FreedProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 20/09/2026And by the way, everyone: basic scientific research is protected by the First Amendment; it is the law of grant-funding that makes this a complex speech claim. @jerryedwards.bsky.social had a great explainer on this on my feed last week. 0204
Reposted by Daniel FreedMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Not the only thing & read the whole article for more dimensions, but - totally unsurprising to anyone who has spent any time at all in Berlin in the last decade - there is absolutely an economic component to Die Linke's success today, & it is largely about the lack of affordable housing. 4389
Reposted by Daniel Freedpmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Yemeni Anthropomorphic Stele (3rd–1st Century BCE) 1184120894
Reposted by Daniel FreedMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/09/2026To the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly: Welcome to the world’s city. 189100961911
Reposted by Daniel Freedlukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Here is a nice mushroom 611864236
Reposted by Daniel FreedClaes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The contrast between the communication from Trump vs 🇬🇱/ 🇩🇰 on the announced deal is striking. But it may allow both sides to move ahead while keeping the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom undisputed. Details of the deal yet unknown. Joint 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 statement ⬇️ stm.dk/presse/press...stm.dkForventet aftale om styrket sikkerhed i Arktis og det nordatlantiske område 4295
Reposted by Daniel FreedScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Barry Blitt, The New Yorker 23413
Reposted by Daniel FreedMidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 16/09/2026BOTD Peter Falk!!! MCCT5: 5)Husbands 4)Woman Under/Influence 3)In-Laws 2)Wings of Desire 1)Mikey & Nicky More: From Us, re Columbo (incl our T10!): midcenturycinema.org/2018/02/18/5... @kentucker.bsky.social: ew.com/article/2011... Wayne Lawson/ @vanityfair.com: www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...vanityfair.comWhen Peter Falk Was My Roommate, and Theater Ruled NYCBefore they conquered Hollywood, Peter Falk, George Segal, Roy Scheider, and Wayne Rogers helped define a golden age of the American stage—though the greatest talents may be the ones you’ve never hear... 23112
Reposted by Daniel FreedPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Would love to see this guy on run too. Harris and Pritzker could run on democracy/rule of law/pluralism without the leftism of AOC/Khanna or the centrism of Shapiro, Wes Moore, etc. That is where a lot of Dem voters are. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...nytimes.comPritzker, Eyeing 2028, to Help Midterm Democrats With a $20 Million GroupJB Pritzker, the billionaire governor of Illinois, is continuing to expand his national footprint, this time by using a new group to target Republicans in battleground races. 17827
Reposted by Daniel FreedThe Paris Review @parisreview.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“When you begin a novel you are in a state of unlimited freedom, and this is alarming.” —Iris Murdoch buff.ly/3QjNdJ8buff.lyIris Murdoch, The Art of Fiction No. 117“You can’t write a traditional novel without giving your characters moral problems and judgments.” 0203
Daniel Freed @dan-occ-light.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Once in a blue moon, Merz transcends his corporate-CDU mold and nails it with sharp clarity. 011
Reposted by Daniel FreedGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We never imagined how far that dream would travel, into homes, into hearts, into the way generations imagined what we could still become. In a world that often feels as divided as ever, maybe that's exactly why we need it now: a reminder that unity was always the point. 527135786
Reposted by Daniel FreedQuinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 08/09/2026Reposting the piece @williamcallison.bsky.social and I wrote seven years ago about Sahra Wagenknecht who is in a position now, if she chooses, to put AfD in power in Saxony-Anhalt. Wolfgang Streeck remains among her advisers. dissentmagazine.org/article/pop-...dissentmagazine.orgPop-Up Populism: The Failure of Left-Wing Nationalism in GermanyAufstehen’s leaders insisted that their movement was not defined by its opposition to migrants. But they consistently cast migrants as either pawns in the game of finance capital or as the phony poste... 912045
Reposted by Daniel FreedBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Sunset, Baildon Bridge, Shipley, Leeds-Liverpool Canal, 1987, photo by landscape photographer Fay Godwin. 29411
Reposted by Daniel FreedFarran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 07/09/2026What's an example of perfect casting? 321633
Reposted by Daniel FreedDaniel Freed @dan-occ-light.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Hard to pick just one. This coupling never fails to enthrall me. 2375
Reposted by Daniel FreedDaniel Freed @dan-occ-light.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Watching Zelensky’s subtle body language here is revealing. Especially so, given Z was a trained media professional, vs. the glib antics of the two grifting propagandists who pose as U.S. “envoys.” 0222
Reposted by Daniel FreedMidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 06/09/20269/6/99: Abbas Kiarostami's The Wind Will Carry Us Our take, via Cineaste: midcenturycinema.org/wp-content/u... More: @jacoboller.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/cult-of-crit... Rosenbaum: jonathanrosenbaum.net/2024/07/the-... @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich... 2155
Reposted by Daniel FreedScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Excellent portrait of the nostalgia for the days of rule by Moscow in the old GDR that is prevalent in Saxony-Anhalt today and is being manipulated very effectively by the Neo Nazi AfD. Note that most of their voters are young and have no actual recollection of life in the GDR. It's an imagined pastpolitico.euHow Merkel and Merz lost eastern Germany to the AfDThis Sunday, the far right is well placed to take power in a German state for the first time since 1945. 1410951
Reposted by Daniel FreedUlrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 06/09/2026Today is the regional election in Sachsen-Anhalt. I wrote about it im my latest @wpr.bsky.social column 👇worldpoliticsreview.comIn Germany’s Once-Staid Politics, Turbulence Is the New NormalChancellor Friedrich Merz is under attack and may not finish his term, while the extreme-right AfD continues its ascent in the polls. 211824
Daniel Freed @dan-occ-light.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The fabulous Dan Duryea et al, in wonderful director Roy William Neil's last film (1946). 010
Reposted by Daniel Freedemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Americans following the Farage scandal in the UK should take a close look at this part of it bc 1) Thiel placed JD Vance, among others and 2) there were recent reports about a similar Masters of the Universe program at Stanford. 15564320
Reposted by Daniel FreedThe Quietus @thequietus.com · 04/09/2026London’s ICA is hosting an event in honour of the 50th anniversary of #ThrobbingGristle’s Prostitution exhibition on 18 October buff.ly/zx2Ry1p 0245